Brett Dean and the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Brett Dean, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ludwig van Beethoven and György Kurtág
Composer in Residence·Berlin·11 Apr 2027, 19:00
Programme
Dream Sequence
String Sextet in D major, op. 10
Epitaphs for string quintet
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”1st Movement Adagio sostenuto
...quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 No. 1
About
Dream sequences, moonlight, melancholy – Composer in Residence Brett Dean and the Karajan-Akademie explore nocturnal worlds of sound and shadow: Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s late-Romantic String Sextet captures the shimmering spirit of the Belle Époque, while György Kurtág’s surreal piece ... quasi una fantasia ... appears as a distant echo of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Dean contributes two works of his own: the evocative Dream Sequence and the dark Epitaph, a moving homage to five artist friends who have died.
